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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
Extract from a Daily Paper.

Agent Henry E. Stocking. Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, last evening in one room
on the top floor of an old three-story
frame building at 81 King street, found
Mrs. Julia Shaughnessy, aged thirty
two. sitting on the bed intoxicated. Two
children, Tessie. aged three, and johann
ma, aged eight were almost naked.
The room had only q broken bed. three
seatless chairs and three-legged table.
While Mr.. Stocking was examining the
room the third child, Nellie, aged six.
entered. having a flask of whisky
clutched in both of her hands. She
was barely able to walk from weak
ness. Not a crust Of bread or any
thing edible was found in the room.
The children's eyes were red from cry
ing for bread, while the besotted moth
er had sent for ten cents worth Of
whisky. The children were in a most
filthy condition. For tho past month
Mary, aged thirteen, has been earning
four dollars week in preserve fac
tory. Little of her wages went for
food, the mother spending it on
whisky. John Shaughaessy, the hus-
band and father, died some five weeks
ago. Agent Stocking had the children
washed and clothed and then sent to an
institution. Justice Duffy committed
the mother for three months.-M =
| Sam
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
Important Adjuncts.

Refinement of manners, neatness in
dress. careful observance of all the
social amenities are important ele-
ments in pastoral success. Neglect of
them often turns the scale against a
really capable and worthy man.
'!Dress does not make the man," said
a distinguished preacher, "but when
he is made he looks n great deal better
if we'll dressed" The remark has
wider application than to mere APP
parel. A strong man is stronger for
being thorough gentleman. A good
man is better, and his goodness is
more highly appreciated if he Is at
tentive to those minor virtues which
refine and beautify the life.
Coarseness. shabbiness.' yulgarity, in
greater or less degree. may co-exist
with great moral and intellectual
power; but by so much as they exist
they narrow the range of influence by
repelling those whom more gracious
manner might win. And they are an
element Of weakness even when APP.
parontly overlooked. Every one likes
his pastor 10 appear to the best adj
vantage. and is panied at evidences of
Indifference to personal appearance or
the rules of good breeding. 1t be-
hooves the pastor, therefore, to Guilt
vate the lesser as well as the greater
graces of life. and without giving
undue hoed to the outward man. ia
endcayor to offend no one by negli-
gence in dress, or conduct unbecom-
ing gentle IN Y. Eraminer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

l begin to fancy myself in a very de.
plorable condition, environed with
darkness on every side"
Yes. take the soberest things
the noted infidels have said
of life or Of death. and they are a,
once comment upon what MI. Inger
soil has said. and a confirmation Of
his Judgment whom the light Of Revela-
ton is not permitted to illuminate the
little valley bounded by the else bold
and barren peaks Of the two eternities
But what is the testimony of those
for whom that light shines; for whom
there hang high above and casting
light over peaks and valley, cross
and suffering Saviour? One has said;
yea, though walk through the val.
ley and shadow Of death. / will fear
no evil. for Thou art with me, Thy
rod and Thy staff, they comfort me-"
Another has said: "For me to live is
Christ, and to die is gain" Such an
one, after rejoicing in hope. patient
in tribulation and finishing his course
with joy" said: Il am ready to be
offered and the time of
my departure is at hand" Then,
after sweet and collected retrospect
upon glorious and fruitful past, he
anticipated in 1.-The full assurance Of
faith. beyond the peaks. not cold and
barren. but radiant with the light of
hope, "a crown Of Righteousness" in
the Immediate and blissful future.
Millions holding his faith have con-
fessed life rich and blessed opportuni-
ty. ard exit from it "a coronation and a
joy. Contrast life, its significance. digni-
ty and joy in Christian experience, with
the mystery, barrenness and gloom Of
it in infidel confessions and lamenta-
tions. and say which is to be preferred.
The apples of Sodom do not grow on
the tree of life, nor among the leaves
which are for healing Of the nations.
Judging infidelity BY its manifest
fruits and by the bitter confessions Of
its wiscst and best representatives the
trce-root, leaf, flower and fruits-is
only evil.-Rev Joel Ewarts, DID,. in
NJ y Observer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
A Woman's heroism.

A special to the New York World.
dated New Haven. September l, says
that w. C. Munson, New York
broker, who has been stopping at the
Branford Point House for some days,
took Miss Oliver, of New York. another
guest of the hotel. out rowing few
days since. When the shore was left
behind he overturned the boat. Miss
Oliver, who is good swimmer, struck
out for the shore, and succeeded in
reaching it. Munson could not swim,
and was in great peril. Miss Parkin-
son. a young Philadelphia lady, saw
his predicament from the shore, and
pulled out to where the broker had
just disappeared. AS he came up for
the last time Miss Parkinson seized
him by the collar and dragged him
into the boat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
A New Suffrage journal.

The Wisconsin Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION has commenced, at Racine,
the publication of the Wisconsin Citi-
zen. A quotation from its salutatory
says:
when men really appreciate the
energy and wisdom shown by women
in the various walks of life in which
they are now found. we think they
will surely feel that women are capable
of judging what is good for them; and
though to many men the advantages
of the ballot to women may not be ap-
parent we think most men will say
We can trust the women, let them
take their places by our side and share
with us the privileges and responsible
ties of full citizenship.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

tween the ages Of 9 and Is; "a between
IA and 81; 81 between 20 aud rs; IS
between rs and 81; 10 between so and
Al; 3 between 40 and 81"
"Do most women begin drinking
in early life?"
1.-The average age when they began
was 1871 years. More than one-half
had formed habits Of intemperance be-.
fore they were 81 years Of age. and
more than one-third at tho giddy age
of from Is to 20 inclusive. Ono hum
dred and thirty-two began to drink So
cially and with female friends.
The police sergeant was right.
''Beer does tn Y Mail and E1-
press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
Prohibition and Woman Suffrage.

We congratulate the Prohibition
party of Massachusetts, says the
Woman's Journal, upon its consistent
and honorable record on the woman
suffrage question. 1t has the enviable
pre-eminence of being the first po-
litical party ever organized upon the
basis Of equal rights irrespective of
sex. In 1876 it adopted the following
basis of membership:
Hereafter, women who are prohib-
itionists in principle and who possess
the qualifications of age, residence and
education required of male yo.crs,
shall be entitled to take part in our
primary meetings, with an equal voice
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

One of the rarest Of Christian vir.
lures is patience amid unjust, unkind
remarks about ones self -Indianap-
OILS Journal.
-Of,all the riches that we hug, OF
all the pleasures we enjoy, we can
carry no more out of this world than
out of a dream. -Bonnelt.
Some people like to tell truth that
should not be told. 1t is part Of wis.,
dom. even of truth. to only relate what
is necessary.
"A man disbelieving in great fret
cause called God. must believe an in
finite number of absurdities as spring
ing from blind chance. Chicago E1-
press.
You must not suppose that the
whole of religion is wrapped up in the
day or two or week or two which sur
round conversion. Goodness is life
long business. Spargsow.
All the means of action-the
shapeless masses-the materials, lie
everywhere about US; what we need is
the celestial fire to change the flint
into transparent crystal bright and
clear. -LongfeIloO.
An earnest Christian farmer, who
lives four miles from church in one Of
the staid New England towns, and
whose family consists of only himself
and his wife, sends three teams every
Sabbath to take people to church who
reside in his neighborhood, and who
have no conveyance of their own.
Our longing for something better
in the way of religious living is sign
of discomfort with our attainmcnts,
and as such is encouraging, providing
we do not let it run into peevish com
planning. I. is good to thirst when In
a dry and parched place, but it is moi
good to lay the blame on Providence.
United Presbyterian
% impatient onesi Do the leave:
say nothing to you to-day? They were
not created this spring. but months be
fore. and the summer will fashion 9th
ers for another year. At the bottom
of every lcaf-stem is cradle. and II
il is an infant germ; and the winds
will rock it and the birds will sing {,
it all summer. and next season it viii
unfold. So God is working for you
and carrying forward to the perfec
development all the processes Of you
lives.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
RELIGIOUS READING.
He LEADETH Me.

He lcadeth me.
Although can not SEQ
One step before my face,
The way can not trace
Ny sight Ia DIM and SO He leadeth me.
He hol eth me;
Because can not be
Left to my failing strength,
For should fall ut length,
/ lam SO weak; and SO He hodeth me.
He teacheth me;
He gvcth literally
His wisdom for my aid,
Nor doth He me upbraid
Because luck, but kindly teacheth mo.
He comforts me,
Hc speaks SO tenderly
To cheer mo on my way,
And always bids me lay
Ny cares on HIN; and thus He comforts me.
He loveth mo:
Ah' well know that He,
My best, most loving friend,
Will lead me to the end
] lovc Him, too. because He loveth me.
Mrs. Z. e. Burr0ws.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
LIQUOR AND OLD AGE.
Intoxicating Drinks tho Most P0werf
Obstacles to Long Life.

Intoxicating Drinks tho Most Powerful
Obstacles to Long Life.
There is much in modern life that
tends to shorten existence and to
diminish the probability that man or
woman will reach ninety. to SAY moth
ing of a hundred. We lead moro ex-
citing and more wearying lives. 1t is
in vain that person has . splendid
constitution to begin with, wears fan
mel, or the equivalent Of flannel, next
to his skin, dwells in a warm, dry
house, and eats and drinks every
thing that is good and wholesome, il
at the same time he habitually over.
taxes his sire myth, looks upon his
muscles as mere machinery to be
driven at high pressure, and ruthlessly
calls upon his nerves to squander their
reserve power when every other
source Of energy is exhausted. Men
or women who intend tn be
centenarians in these days must COM
bine something of Che old mode of life
with something of the new mode Of
living. They must, while availing
themselves of all the scientific discov-
cries and sanitary appliances OF the
age, initiate their grandsires in the
st eady and tranquil habits that pre-
vailed befor the invention Of losomo-
tives and the telegraph. They must
have their eight hours of sleep regu-
larly, they must have intervals of re-
pose and vac ancy in the daytime; they
must spend goodly portion of their
waking hours in the open air. Nor
will that suffice; there will have to be
regularity in the hours Of their meals,
and discipline in the ordering of the
dishes of which the meals are COM
posed. We cannot believe that any
body will ever live to ono hundred
who eats heavy dinner every night
of his life at eight o'clock. Cham
payne and brandies, Bordeaux or Bur.
gundy should be forsworn by persons
who deliberately set before them the
attaining of their hundrcdth birthday.
Neither, with such an end in view,
would the active life of politician, o
lawyer or a doctor be a sane enter.
prise. In order to reach that distant
goal there must be o training. il not
severe, at least regular and un finch
ing. Most of all there must prevail
in the existence of such person tran
quill serenity. an unrufiled calm.
Neither generous passions nor enthu'
siastic ideals must be allowed admit.
lance. The pulse must never be
driven up beyond certain point,
either by work, by anxiety, by fear o,
by hope. At the same time, mere
stagnation will, in all probability
never enable person to live to one
hundred. There is such a thing as
rusting out as we'll as wearing out Il
a candle does not burn brightly
enough, il does not consume the wal
with rapidity, and goes out for want
of adequate combustion. 1t is so, ne
doubt, with the human body and the
human spirit. Standard.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
TEMPERANCE READING.
HIS LAST DRINK.

A merry crowd. . careless throng,
Where foaming glasses, jest and song
Filled up the hours.
There gathered rough and besrded men
And fair-faced boys, within that den
OF Satan's powerA
One came IS often as the rest
To share the flowing vino and jest
With reckless air.
AS ii pursued Dy f1cnds within
He sought The place where drink and din
Soon banished care,
Ono night the usual glass was poured,
Amid the revel songs encored
by those who heard.
The poison almost finds his lips
When from his hands the goblet slips.
Without word. -
A lnuttered oath-a logged air
A sudden lula general stare
Then loud and clear
He spoke: "Fill me another glass;
My nerves are shaky-let it pass
Here's to oil. here"
He lifted up the glass again,
But set it down and faced the men
Who sat around
Boys anu MS VOICE was uObTSe Win OIOou
II can not drink that glass;" he said
A sudden sound
Like smothered laughter-then his face,
All stern and white, subdued the place,
And silence fell.
81 can not drink II, for their lies
Within its depths pair Of eyes,
Like Heaven in hell.
II can not drink 1t, for there swims
A face above the foam that brims-
The face of one
Whose heart would ache to see me here;
Whose heart would break, am so dear;
Boys, I am done
''Done with the poison; here's my hand;
With God s help mean to stand
BY all say;
And stand by her whose dear face lies
Between me and the revelries
leave to-day
Emma Lyndon, in Detroit Free Press
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

and vote, in the nomination of candi.
dates and tho transaction of business"
This party. therefore, is not merely
In favor Of woman suffrage, but It Il
party composed Of men and women
united on . footing Of perfect political
equality.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
Not q One.Sided Question.

The Pail Mall Gazette says that
marriage is no longer an entirely one
sided bargain. It Is tending toward
the only true ideal of lifelong COM
panionship-a partnership on equal
terms. with equal give-and-take on
both sides. Women no longer feel
bound to render that implicit obedience
which was considered de rigear in our
great-grandmothers' days, and men
no longer universally demand it."
Thanks to the woman's rights move
ment!
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

A PROMINENT Christian worker re-
Gently stated that he had in his Office
book containing seven hundred
pledges signed by Incorporate men.
and of the seven hundred he could
count on the fingers of one hand the
number who had been faithful to their
pledge and remained total abstainers.
What lesson this should be to parents
and teachers as to the importance OF
having the foundations of character
carefully laid and largely fixed in early
life. -Congregationdltst.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

The great Doodle revelations in this
city and New York are no exception
to the rule that the saloon is at the
bottom of almost all corruption Oh
character, or at least way station on
the prison line. We have yet to hear
of one in the ring not drinker.
Honesty is not to be preserved in
alcohol Union Signaa
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05
Sunday-School Lessons.

THIRD QUARTER.
Sept 2I-Review Temperance Lesson, Rom.
Is: 8-l4 Missionary Lesson, Matt. 4: 1915; or,
I Service Of Song and PRAYER
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-30
The Noble Red Man

You can trust an Indian as far as you car
see him; the further you see him the better
you can trust him.
70 uhave seen my escapes under various
noms de plume in the border stories. My
principal business has been escaping. Many
a time I'have left scores of bloody red skins
on the plains-with fast horse.
The Indian does not want much. His
grandfathers once owned this country, and
all he wants is the United States He feels
that he has been imposed upon by real estate
agents too much.
One of the pecuiarities of the Indian race
is their method of dealing with their neigh
bors. Instead of throwing tin cans and dead
cats over into their yards. they go and wipe
them out, and that seems to end all further
controversy-on the part of the neighbors, at
least
Owing to the scarcity of the buffalo it is no
more than natural that the Indian should
sport with the cattle on the borders He
must have some fun or he can't laugh. The
Indian has rights which a white man is
bound to respect. Now, there is Geronimo
an ill-treated man, if ever there was ONE
don't think that he ever killed more than 2OO
or 300 whites in his life, and here they send
him to Florida They don't want to offend
him by hanging him or sending him to the
penitentiary-Theo. Brown in It'd Bits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-30
FLORIDA HENS.
a Uiscussion About Chickens That Lay
uns All the Year Round.

a Tliscussion About Chickens That Lay
Eggs All the Year Round.
Two honest farmers met on the pier anu
greeted each other warmly. One OF Iheil
carried a carpethag and the other an olIcloth
l,insacly One was surprised to learn that
the other had just returned from TWO years
etav in Florida The other was interested TO
hear that his old acquaintance was at thtt
moment going aboard the steamer which We
TO take him to that state.
go vou're off for Flurdy at lastF he said
4Yas, I've made up my mind there's money
in FIoridah. and Pm goin' to try it" said the
other. But amt goin' into oranges; that
too slow work for me. I'm goln into eggs.
Now. I've hearn tell that hens lays the year
round i'm FIoridah, 'cept when they're shed
din, their feathers Maybe you know
suthin-"
ASartin fact" broke in the man just from
the south. Them Ffurdy hens they do lay
eggs the year round, 'ceptin when they re
sheddin' their feathers"
"VVeT. so I've hearn tell, and they say that
eggs is allus thirty cents down there and
sometimes four shillin' a dozen. Now, sposen
a hen don't Law nore'n ten months in the
year, and countin' thirty days TO the month
ten times thirty are 800 Three hundred Is
TWENTY-FIVE dozen. Twenty-Five times (spOsen
ubey don't average but forty cents dozen)-
twenty-five times ten is twenty shillin', and
four times twenty shillin' S so. call $40 a
hen dom purity tolerable, and then there's
the feathers and the hens themselves when
YOU git ready to sell 'em for chickens to the
taverns Ten or 'Ieven dollars hen on, say,
500 hens, is"
"A-a-Ii shore that's going" came from the
head of the gangplank.
II declar! l came pretty near gettln' left, ="
said the departing farmer, and he scrambled
DO the steep incline. Then he turned around,
rested his carpetbag on the rail and began:
"Ten or Ieven dollars a hen on"
"But you can't quite reckon on them fig
gers" said his friend on the pier. "Them
Flurdy hens do lay all the year, 'ceptin when
they're sheddin' their feathers; but down in
That warm country the taTnal things"
"Gangway!" yelled big porter with be-
lated trunk on his back.
By the time the man from Florida recov-
cred himself after getting out of the porter's
way, the steamer had moved ahead and the
men were Stacking off the lines. He ran to
the next opening and resumed:
"As L was sayin', down in that warm
country the pesky things"
A big hawser which was still fastened &c
the moving steamer tripped him up. But he
got to his feet and hurried out to the pier
head and began:
"As was sayin'-"
"Jesso," shouted the man on the departing
steamer, bending over the rail.
Gas / sayin', down in that warm country
the cussed hens"-making a trumpet of his
hands-"shed their feathers eleven months
In the year!"-New York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-30
An Old Fable RetoId.

Da' wuz oncet err flock OBJ skee'd sheep whut
rund down enter de ribbah N drownded.
dunno weddah dem sheep wuz OBJ de one kim
er de uddah: dunno weddah dem sheep wuz
wife er brack-weddah dey wuz shea'd er on
shea'd-hongery er fat; dunno muffin bout
dem sheep 'cepp'n dis: Dem sheep-eb' las
one-wuz drownded, N dis de way ct happen
De ole ram, he seq, sezze-kin' a-soshble-Iike
sezzee-aGwine T. de ma'ket t'day, Mars
Fahmah?" "Nope," SEE Mars Fahmah, saint
a-gwine" Ole ram cu'ous t. know fo' why;
how'd da wuz too much dus'? "Nope," seq
Mars Fahmah; fright sma' shove jes' fo
day" Ole ram How'd mebbe dat shove lay
de dus' too mucha Mars Fahman shake he
head n say de road on prime curdish'n-all
time look'n ve'y mys-te-ous. Eft las de ole
ram he JPN ak IN, k'plump, TO- wy he wuzn
a7gwine!
NAH, Nkase da's SIGH mighty sight OBJ VOLTS
rs rally 'fea'd eff temp t. druv yo' t. ma
ket dat dem VOLTS jump out N ct yo' all up,
hide N hoofs-'n dat's de troofl Des only las
week one OBJ de nabe's wuz a-druv'n OBJ de
niceS' passed. OBJ sheep-mos' ez nice es dish,
Miste Ram-w'en-you' see dem woods ies
behin' de furdes' confieP obe' yam? Yes, on
de Ief DENIS de woods. Yes, sab, denis de
woods-right dali Well, sah Miste' Ram
sca'cely mon ez fer ez a runn'n' jump fun
de fuS pos n rail- renee on de OH side OBJ de
road-'n en- broad day, min yo'."-(Welll yo'
shed seen de ole rams eyes; dey wuz mos
a-popp'n' out.) "Den whut9" he says, a-trem-
beln' like de agy; eden whut?" "Den whut?"
SEE Mars Fahmah, "nebbe you min whut
rs done tol' yo' oncet, N I amt a-gwine t
tell yo' no mo-, n ain a-gwine t. no ma'ket
t'day; no, street specify Is rs got some
plowin' t do" An way he goes a-laugh'n t.
heSe' fit t. kill.
Well, de ole ram, he sez, a-tu'n'n' t. de
sheep, sezzee: "Dem VOLTS mighty badl Dey
am big N dey I'M hongery; N like ez not dey
come a-sneak'n' up yer wen Mars Fahlnah
a-snoozn' n cIumb right obe' dis yer fence!
RUM rum" N SO dey did; dey rund Dem
POI skee'd sheep TUX right afte' de ole ram,
dey did, N dey run'd, N run'd, N rund tel
dey fotch up, k'chugl ente de deepest catfish
hole en- de ribbe'.
IN dat whut Mars Fahmah git fer a-telrn'
dat fool yam t. dem POI skee'd sheep-B.
Zim in Judge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-30
Politeness in Poverty.

81 wish TO PROFOUND one simple interroga-
tory to you, provided you do not regard as
preSumptuous mylventuring to address you
without the empty conventional formality of
the Introduction prescribed by social ETH
quette, said seedy looking person yester-
day, who found the pavement of Brush street
a world too narrow. "Is it quite consistent
both with your policy and principles to adj
vance to a fellow creature, suffering from
temporary financial embarrassment, the small
sum Of 10 cents, when with entire frankness
he tells you in advance that the same is to
be applied to purposes of inhibition rather
than falsely asserts, as is so commonly done,
that it is required for sustentation"
He got it.-Detroit Free Press.